NOMAD 2001

[james baker]

This exersize was mainly conducted from R A F Waddington with Spanish and Swiss F 18 S Sea Harriers F16 s and various F 3 squadrons.The3 sq Harriers operated from RAF
Coningsby the only time I ever saw them on exercise the scans are a bit mixed quality I have to blame the weather for that anyway here is another bit of our aviation history.Nearly forgot the Mirage 2000 s
43 ON NOMAD by james baker, on Flickr

F 16 PAIR WADDO 24 07 01 by james baker, on Flickr

HARRIER RECOVERY TO CBY 24 07 01 by james baker, on Flickr

NAVY ON MOMAD by james baker, on Flickr

NOMAD AT WADDINGTON by james baker, on Flickr

NOMAD F 3 LINE 1 by james baker, on Flickr


NOMAD F 3 LINE by james baker, on Flickr


NOMAD RECOVERY TO CBY XF by james baker, on Flickr

NOMAD SWISS READY by james baker, on Flickr

RECOVERY TO CBY 24 07 01 3 SQ by james baker, on Flickr


SWISS LINE 24 07 01 3 by james baker, on Flickr


WADDO 24 07 01 2 ET by james baker, on Flickr

WADDO 24 07 01 2 FE 1 by james baker, on Flickr

WADDO 24 07 01 12 KM by james baker, on Flickr

WADDO 24 07 01 12 YB by james baker, on Flickr

ACMI VISIT 24 07 2001 1 by james baker, on Flickr


3 SQ TURNS THE CORNER AT CBY by james baker, on Flickr


3 SQ HARRIER HEAD ON by james baker, on Flickr


3 SQ DEPARTING CBY 24 07 2001 by james baker, on Flickr


ACMI VISIT 24 07 2001 3 by james baker, on Flickr

ACMI VISIT 24 07 2002 4 by james baker, on Flickr


ACMI VISIT 24 07 2002 5 by james baker, on Flickr

ACMI VISIT 24 07 2002 6 by james baker, on Flickr


ACMI VISIT 24 07 2002 7 by james baker, on Flickr


BAF F16 F A 067 DEPARTS WADDINGTON24 07 01 NOMAD by james baker, on Flickr


F 3 DEPARTING CBY HASS SITE 24 07 01 by james baker, on Flickr


F-18--J-5017-WADDO-NOMAD-24-07-2001 by james baker, on Flickr


HORNET TURNS THE CORNER by james baker, on Flickr


MIRAGE 2000 12 YB ACMI 24 07 01 by james baker, on Flickr


MIRAGE 2000 ON NOMAD 24 07 2001 (1) by james baker, on Flickr



MIRAGE-2000-12-YD-WADDO-2000-1 by james baker, on Flickr

SEA HARRIER XZ 497 24 07 01 NOMAD by james baker, on Flickr


SEA HARRIERS WADDINGTON 26 05 2001 by james baker, on Flickr



SHAR NOMAD 24 7 2001 WADDINGTON-1 by james baker, on Flickr


SHAR NOMAD 24 7 2001 by james baker, on Flickr



SHARS AT NOMAD 24 07 2001 by james baker, on Flickr



SEA HARRIER BY TWO 26 05 01 by james baker, on Flickr

[Rob666]

James, nothing wrong with them and thanks for posting very much enjoyed looking at them and bringing back some great memories.

I did look to see if could see myself in the background. Happy Days.

Rob

[F3]

Ah yes. Those were the days to quote Freddie Mercury. Halcyon days for spotters. We'll not see their like again. Did nt make that one but made damn sure I did every one thereafter. One of the best was when the Spanish Mirage F1s operated as Red Air out of Coningsby which was one of two occasions I went there in preference to Waddo.

[jpickers56]

Cracking set and a reminder of the good times we enjoyed, love those Mirage 2000’s. thanks for posting

[Punkrunner62]

Very nice and another Exercise and aircraft sadly missed.
Cheers.

[blakey]

Blimey thats a quality post

[james baker]

To all who reply and pass comments and information many many thanks it makes all the difference .

[apex]

Enjoyed looking at these, really good post, thanks for sharing.

Oh how I miss RAF squadron markings, such variety.

[Petepilot]

WHAT a post!!! Thanks for sharing, but to add to the theme, did we really realise just how good things were in those days (and what little variety there would be in the future). At least we have the hugely attractive F-35's to watch.....

[Andy Marden]

Nice set.
Can't say I remember authorising you to go to the runway caravan though )

[Buccs2b]

Fanastic post. Just shows how times have changed. Where would you get that variety today?

[james baker]

To Andy Marden we few we happy band had a friend in the C.R.O. at the time god bless her ,and managed to get around the southern ramps and then the caravan not very often but much appreciated.Anyway if you have been in the van you must have lots of great shots to post lead on.

[Seahawk 11]

These are just awesome, great days and good to see them .

Rob

[MKR]

What a post James.We certainly had some great exercises back then .
Mike

[3Greens]

Brilliant James .. as Waddington is an easy access trip I spent alot of time there during all the ACMI's and exercises.
Great memory, thanks for posting

3Greens

[mikee115]

Great set of photos. I remember having a day at Waddington and then the next day watching at Sea Harrier being chased by a Tornado F3 overhead whilst at work!

[toom317]

Nomad!!! That was my annual, must do, aviation fix. Think I did 6 altogether, with a double visit for the last one, due to doing a delivery for work. Traffic was really heavy on the road back up to Scotland on that last day,(at least that's what I told my boss when I arrived back way later than usual. ). This was always a great opportunity to get some less common military visitors, and guaranteed to provide lots of flying activity. It was a sad day when this series of exercises stopped.